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Day 3 – Thursday 5/6

We got up around 11 and had some breakfast. Some of us had sushi and some of us had sandwiches. We got to ride the subway in Tokyo and got off at Shibuya. Soundcheck was at 14:30, which is really early compared to Swedish shows. There you usually soundcheck around 17 or 18 and then play at 23 or later. After soundcheck, we decided to walk around in Tokyo for a while, which was really cool. Me and Niklas bought nice shirts that looked like something the Beach Boys would wear. We had some udon and some more sushi, and then headed back to the venue. We really liked watching all the bands we played with, this night it was Totos and Afterpilot. Then we played our first show of the tour, and it was amazing. We did two encores and we loved every second of the show. The crowd was really enthusiastic and I got to try some Japanese I had practised on the plane. “Nihonga daiski desu!”. We really love Japan, so it was nice to be able to say it in Japanese. Japanese is a really cool language too, I really tried to learn more and more each day. “Watashitachiwa Sweden-jin desu, nihonga hanasemasen”. Anyhow, after the show we decided it was party time! We have always wanted to try a karaoke-night (like all westeners do, right?), so we went with some people from Thistime Records and some of their friends, like Sakamoto and Kenji. We sang songs from the Beach Boys, Weezer, Oasis and Fredrik S really did an outstanding version of “Night Train” by Guns n Roses! We drank a lot, so we were pretty tired when we finally got home...

Day 4 – Friday 6/6

This day is actually Sweden’s day of independence, so everyone back home has a day off. But we don’t celebrate it very much in Sweden really. We got in the car and Koyo drove us to Utsunomiya. There, we visited Tower Records and did some signing and took some pictures with the Calendars – awesome band, by the way. Utsunomiya was a very pretty town. We were so tired when we got to the venue, we had to lie down on tatami rugs to sleep for a while. Then we got up and had some udon and tempura – delicious! Both Skybeaver and the Calendars were great that night, and we played as if it were our very last show. The crowd was great and we got to sign lots of t-shirts, posters and albums after the show. I learned how to say “Anatatachi no koto ga daiski desu!” and “Honto ni arigato gozai masu!”. We received some very nice gifts from fans as well, which was very sweet and something we will always remember.

Ludwig日本語うまくなりすぎ！！

by Ludwig

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